Alone Together (Lee Konitz album)

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Alone Together
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Released1997
RecordedDecember 1996
Genre Jazz
Label Blue Note

Alone Together is an album by saxophonist Lee Konitz.

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Background and recording

This was Konitz's first recording for Blue Note Records. [1] The album was recorded at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, [2] in December 1996. [3] The tracks are standards. [1]

Reception

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The AllMusic reviewer stated that "all three musicians are restless and inventive, making even the simplest numbers on the disc vibrant, lively and adventurous". [1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "Konitz was playing with magisterial calm and an elder statesman's mischief", and highlighted Mehldau's creation of "a feeling of space and relaxed time". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 13:48
  2. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 12:54
  3. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 10:59
  4. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 11:32
  5. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 12:49
  6. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 12:54

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas "Lee Konitz – Alone Together". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  2. Dryden, Ken "Lee Konitz – Another Shade of Blue". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. pp. 838–839. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.